Freshman World History Overview

Freshman World History will cover

World History from the fall of Rome (476 CE) to today. World History topics include:
The Low Middle Ages aka the Dark Ages
Vikings
Feudalism/Manorialism
William the Conqueror
The Crusades
The growth of towns in the High Middle Ages
Romanesque vs Gothic Architecture
The Renaissance
The Age of Exploration
The Scientific Revolution
The  Enlightenment
American and French Revolutions
The Industrial Revolution and reactions to it
Nationalism
New Imperialism/Colonialism
WWI
Communism, Fascism, Socialism, Capitalism
Democracy  vs. Totalitarianism 
Interwar period (the 20 year truce)
WWII
The beginning of the end of colonialism and Gandhi's Civil Disobedience
The Cold War
The World today  

The Honor's Class will have to complete a project for history day;
the topic this year